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ENVIRONMENT »» EPA »» SUPERFUND SITES »» Jul 12, 2021
The 1980 Superfund Act was established to clean up heavily polluted areas contaminated by the toxic waste of bankrupt companies. At least 50 million Americans currently live within 3 miles of a Superfund site. There are about 40,000 Superfund cleanup sites across the country - the vast majority of which require relatively short-term fixes. About 10% of these Superfund sites are “orphaned” - sites where no responsible party is present or able to pay for cleanup. New Jersey, with 114 sites, followed by California and Pennsylvania have the most hazardous waste sites. As of 2019, there has been 413 contaminated sites remediated and removed from the cleanup list. The National Priorities List is a list of 1,600 hazardous waste sites requiring significant and long-term cleanup efforts that will be financed by the federal Superfund program.

Proposed Legislation: H.R.8271 - Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act of 2020
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI)

  • I oppose reforming current Superfund Cleanup Program policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA).
  • I support: 1.) Providing supplemental appropriations for the cleanup of legacy pollution, including National Priority List sites, certain abandoned coal mining sites, and formerly used defense sites. 2.) Replacing lead drinking water service lines. 3.) Amending the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of new major source air pollution permits in overburdened communities. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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  • I support: 1.) Providing supplemental appropriations for the cleanup of legacy pollution, including National Priority List sites, certain abandoned coal mining sites, and formerly used defense sites. 2.) Replacing lead drinking water service lines. 3.) Amending the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of new major source air pollution permits in overburdened communities. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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Poll Opening Date July 12, 2021
Poll Closing Date July 18, 2021